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Key Takeaways
by AudioLearn
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• The charge on an electron is negative, while the charge on a proton is positive.
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• The electron and proton are the smallest units of charge in nature, although theoretically, quarks have a partial charge within a proton.
• The SI unit of charge is the coulomb.
• Charge is always conserved, according to the law of conservation of charge.
• An electric field is generated from positive to negative from two charged objects.
• A conductor will be polarized within an electric field but will have no electric field within it.
• Two charged objects can produce an electric field, which is the sum of the force vectors between the two objects.
• A nonuniform conductor will gather and discharge a charge when the conductor is at its pointiest.
